Improvement in bosoms, collars, and similar articles of apparel



A-. JOHNSON.

Bosoms,fiollars, and similar Articles of Apparel.

No. 136,247. PatentedFeb.25,]873

Witness I nventor.

.dttorneys.

AM. PHa TO-LITHDGHAPNIL m M! (osaamvslsmucsss) UNITED STATES ASA JOHNSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOSOMSI COLLARS, AND SIMILAR ARTICLES 0F A PPAREL= Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,247, dated February 35, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ASA JOHNSON, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirt-Bosoms, Collars, and other similar articles of Wearing Apparel; and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in manufacturin g shirt bosoms, collars, and other similar articles of wearing apparel wholly or partially of glass, and when made partially of glass, combinin g therewith wire-cloth, to which beads may or maynot be attached, linen, paper, or other suitable material. It also consists in having designs or figures painted, printed, embossed, impressed, or otherwise formed on or affixed to either surface of such articles of wearing apparel and also in the method of covering such articles of wearing apparel with glass, all of which will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention apperta-ins to make and use the same, I will. now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figures 1 and 3 are front views, showing two forms of my shirt-bosom. Figs. 2 and 4 are vertical sections of Figs. 1 and 3, respectively. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a collar. Fig. 6 is a view of the same laid out flat. Fig. 7 is a transverse section of the same. Fig. 8 is a perspective View, and Fig. 9 a vertical section of another form of collar. Fig. 10 shows a piece of wire-cloth with beads attached.

A represents a shirt-bosom of any suitable size and form, and made either solid or hollow, as desired. If made solid it may either be used alone, as it is, or have a backing of wire-cloth, linen, paper, or any other suitable material, which backing is then to be covered with oil silk or other similar material. If the bosom is made hollow it is simply a glass case blown in molds in the same manner as other glassware, with one edge left open. In this glass case, through the open edge, is inserted wire-cloth, linen, paper, or other suitable material, and the opening then closed by heating the edges or by filling it with rubber, cement, or similar material. Hooks a a are then attached in any suitable manner and in any desired positions for the purpose of attaching the bosom to the shirt. When wire-cloth is used for a backing or to be inserted in the hollow glass bosom, the edges of the cloth are tinned or dipped in solder or its equivalent to form a smooth edge and to prevent it from unravelmg.

In Fig. 10 I have shown a piece, 13, of wirecloth, upon which heads I) are attached. These beads may be of any suitable material, size, shape, and color, and arranged in any desired manner, and the wire-cloth then used for the backing of the solid glass bosom, or to be inserted in the hollow case. The wire-cloth, with or without the beads, may be immersed in liquid glass, the glass thus forming a covering for the same, and at the same time holding the beads, when used, firmly in their places.

On either surface of the glass bosom, or on the material which is used as a backing or to be inserted in the hollow glass, any desired designs or figures may be painted, printed, embossed, impressed, or in any other manner formed or attached, so as to present a neat and beautiful appearance. These designs or figures may be of any desired colors, one or more,

as desired. 0 represents a collar made in any I of the forms described for the bosom. The collar is made of two pieces, united together by hinges of elastic cords, as shown at d.

Other articles of wearing apparel, such as cutfs, neck-ties, 820., may be made in precisely the same manner.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A shirt bosom, collar, or other similar ar- 1 ticle of wearing apparal formed of or enveloped with transparent glass, substantially as herein set forth.

2. A shirt bosom, collar, Or other similar article of wearing apparel formed of a hollow glass case with wire-cloth or other suitable material inserted in the same, substantially as herein set forth. 7

3. A shirt bosom, collar, or other similar ar PATENT OFFIOE.

ticle of wearing apparel formed of a-hollow 5. The process of covering shirt bosoms, col

glass case, and within the same wire-cloth with lars, or other similar articles of wearing apbeads attached, substantially as herein set parel with glass by dipping the same into forth. melted or liquid glass, substantially as herein 4. A shirt bosom, collar, or other similar arset forth.

ticle of wearing apparel made of glass, sub- ASA JOHNSON,

stantially in the manner herein set forth, and

having designs or figures painted, printed, em- Witnesses:

tossed, impressed, or otherwise formed on or THOMAS G. ORWIG,

affixed to either surface, as herein described. WM. H. JOHNSON. 

